| Jimmy Tillette | |
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Samford |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 8, 1950 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975–1982 1982–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1997 1997–present |
Jesuit HS (asst.) De La Salle HS Mississippi State (asst.) Tulane (asst.) Samford (asst.) Samford |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| A-Sun Tournament Championship (1999, 2000) A-Sun Regular Season Championship (1999) |
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| Awards | |
| A-Sun Coach of the Year (1999) | |
Jimmy Tillette (born April 8, 1950 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the men's basketball team at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Tillette has been the head coach of the Bulldogs team since 1997, and is the school's winningest coach.[1] He assumed his current position when John Brady left Samford to become the head basketball coach at LSU. In eleven years as the coach of the Bulldogs, Tillette has compiled a 179–145, leading the Bulldogs to their only two appearances in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1999 and 2000 while they were a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The 1999–2000 season was highlighted by upset wins over traditional basketball powers St. John's and Alabama.
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